[Bug 1783461] [NEW] Could not install ubuntu

2018-07-24 Thread Sampson John Ward
Public bug reported: Could not install ubuntu ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.394 CurrentDesk

[Bug 718454] Re: package squid 2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu12.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-02-13 Thread John Ward
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/718454 Title: package squid 2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu12.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit st

[Bug 718454] [NEW] package squid 2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu12.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-02-13 Thread John Ward
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: squid after auto update, seems to crash ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: squid 2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu12.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-29.57-generic 2.6.32.28+drm33.13 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-29-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Da

[Bug 318625] Re: Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2010-06-07 Thread John Ward
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 230906 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230906 I'll make it a duplicate as the other bug is more precise to the point of the overall NTFS-3G problem, whereas this is too specifically about Rhythmbox and the problem clearly lies outside of Rhythmbox. ** Th

[Bug 318625] Re: Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2010-05-01 Thread John Ward
I'm tempted to email this bug report to the NTFS-3G developer and possibly see some action on it. It's obviously not a major bug but it's been like this about 2 years now (probably longer) and when it comes to dealing with it inside a Windows OS it's a serious problem. The files are essentially dea

[Bug 318625] Re: Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2010-02-28 Thread John Ward
I'm not confident enough to propose elaborate solutions to these problems, especially at the technical end of things. I do agree that Rhythmbox isn't the problem here, although one of the simplest solutions would be to make it simple to enable "special character stripping". The problem is in the NT

[Bug 318625] Re: Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2010-02-28 Thread John Ward
Obviously this is only a big deal if you're dual booting with another Windows system, but at the same time you wouldn't necessarily create an NTFS filesystem on a Linux only box (you would more than likely do a /home of ext3 or 4, or just a large ext3 or 4 partition). So the fact is that this prob

[Bug 318625] Re: Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2010-02-28 Thread John Ward
I can still confirm this bug. I have installed Karmic 9.10 64-bit, updated fully (Rhythmbox is 0.12.5) and it still creates "?" in a song name. Another test was just to create files on the NTFS partition with "?" question marks and ":" colon's in the name using Nautilus and nano on the terminal. I

[Bug 318625] Re: Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2010-02-27 Thread John Ward
Sorry about the delay on this, I've been having a few other issues with Karmic and have been mostly using Windows 7 for the time being, but I'm going for a fresh install of Karmic 9.10 64-bit tonight and I'll add a large NTFS partition to the drive as well, test out this problem. -- Rhythmbox sho

[Bug 318625] Re: Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2010-02-15 Thread John Ward
No problem, I'll try and replicate on Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit soon. -- Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318625 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 46307] Re: .rdp does not have a logo, and does not open Terminal Server Client

2010-02-09 Thread John Ward
Sounds like a permanent solution, I'll give it a try and let ye know. -- .rdp does not have a logo, and does not open Terminal Server Client https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/46307 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-

[Bug 441941] Re: grub fails after running Windows

2010-01-28 Thread John Ward
I reverted back to Ubuntu 9.04 and I STILL suffer this problem. Am I the only one, I didn't read every post above. I have an OEM 7 installed (official Microsoft, no recovery software attached) and 9.04. Every few Windows 7 reboots my Grub is beaten up and it's legacy grub. Is it a Vostro 1520 prob

[Bug 441941] Re: grub fails after running Windows

2009-11-30 Thread John Ward
I'm with that poster in #36, I also have a Vostro 1520 with Windows 7 and every couple of reboots this happens, not every reboot thankfully. I'm using OEM Windows 7 (64-bit), not a Dell version and no recovery software either, very clean install of the basics - Firefox, iTunes, updates, CCleaner, D

[Bug 443330] Re: USB Creator doesnt ask before formatting disks

2009-11-15 Thread John Ward
I will back this completely, I did do format today of the correct volume no doubt, but was really surprised the way it did it so instantly without any warning. -- USB Creator doesnt ask before formatting disks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/443330 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 464740] Re: Dell Vostro 1320: Weird behaviour of wireless switch

2009-11-14 Thread John Ward
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 430809 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430809 To install the BIOS upgrade you might need to have a Windows OS installed, the BIOS installers are usually exe's, the other possibility is that there is a non-os based version can be put on a floppy with a pro

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-25 Thread John Ward
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 430809 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430809 I have re-installed 32-bit and fully updated it. No longer problems with wireless due to BIOS update. -- Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/4417

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-17 Thread John Ward
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 430809 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430809 I have only tested this with Live 32-bit after the BIOS update - there was success, but not yet with an installed and fully updated 32-bit system. I am currently using 64-bit Karmic without any problems at any

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-15 Thread John Ward
What should the status of this bug be set to now? ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => In Progress -- Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441768 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-12 Thread John Ward
Out of interest is a fix going to be applied for non-updated BIOS models, or possibly a recommendation added to the release notes to upgrade to BIOS A03 (technically the best outcome - updated BIOS's are better than non-updated ones). Undoubtedly other Vostro 1520's are going to suffer this proble

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-12 Thread John Ward
Good news ensues. Sorry for the delay in returning to this, got very busy over the weekend. I applied the A03 BIOS update and SUCCESS, 32-bit live enabled the wireless and I made successful connections. I had trouble upgrading the BIOS on this model, here's what I didn't do: This applies to .ex

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-10 Thread John Ward
To rlh: This I've seen before as a fix, and in relation to an Intel 5300 as well but in this case it's unrelated as I don't even have pre-configured connection under "Wireless", thanks for the reply anyway. To icesmurf: The good news is there's a BIOS update available to version A03. I had troub

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-08 Thread John Ward
Here's the lie of the land now. So far I have tried 32-bit live and installed and 64-bit live and installed: 32-bit Live: no wireless 32-bit installed + updated: no wireless (NOTE: I have done this completely fresh again with new ISO's to eliminate the possiblity of a former bad ISO) 64-bit Live

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-08 Thread John Ward
OK, I'm booted into Live Karmic 64-bit and network-manager works! I'll try 32-bit again, I'm downloading fresh ISO's of everything (I'm paranoid) and first trying live and then fresh install and I'll see whether this is an architecture based issue. -- Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-08 Thread John Ward
I do indeed have a Dell, was actually going to post rfkill output but realised that it got automatically submitted above. Heres another: j...@vostro:~$ rfkill list 0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-08 Thread John Ward
Cheer Alexander. I'll try some messing with rfkill. I noticed somebody else solved there similar problem that way, there setup was slightly different and when I used rfkill to bring down certain ifaces it didn't do anything although I didn't try all. -- Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-06 Thread John Ward
I have updated and no luck. Is it a drivers issue bearing in mind "wicd" works perfectly? Here's a series of things that lets me scan for networks. When I do a "sudo iwlist scan" - I get the message "Network is down". I then perform "sudo ifconfig wlan0 up" - it completes successfully. Doing a

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-04 Thread John Ward
Does your mini 10v use an Intel 5300 AGN? If not this might be wider than just my card. -- Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441768 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-04 Thread John Ward
I'm glad because I really felt alone for a while there. No searching I could do was showing up anything to do with Karmic and 5300 problems with disabled wireless. -- Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441768 You received this bug not

[Bug 441768] Re: Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-03 Thread John Ward
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[Bug 441768] [NEW] Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet

2009-10-03 Thread John Ward
Public bug reported: Laptop: DELL Vostro 1520 lsb_release -d: Ubuntu karmic (development branch) uname -a: Linux vostro 2.6.31-11-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2 11:55:55 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux What I expected to happen: I installed Ubuntu Karmic BETA today and expected my wireless adapter (I

[Bug 435141] Re: Intel 5300 AGN does not work at all Karmic Alpha 6

2009-10-03 Thread John Ward
OK some good slightly good news. I ran ifconfig with up command: j...@vostro:~# sudo ifconfig wlan0 up And then did: j...@vostro:~# sudo iwlist scanning And it found my home network at least, never did that before, it also took a few seconds to give a result which isn't typical for iwlist. But

[Bug 435141] Re: Intel 5300 AGN does not work at all Karmic Alpha 6

2009-10-03 Thread John Ward
Karmic in use: BETA Laptop: Dell Vostro 1520 Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 AGN In LiveCD mode (although I'm using a LiveUSB) this device is detected although Network manager says the "wireless is disabled". I'm now installed on HD, fully up to date and still wireless is disabled. Is this a ne

[Bug 341363] Re: [i945GME] drm:i915_getparam *ERROR* Unknown parameter 6

2009-09-24 Thread John Ward
I can confirm as well but my problem is that I can't get to the desktop. I get a mixture of parameter 4 and 6 in the last lines of "dmesg". I will post my "dmesg.log" when I can. The odd thing is that the LiveCD worked fine, I got a fully functional desktop - even compiz was switched on automatical

[Bug 318625] Re: Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2009-08-18 Thread John Ward
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of a information bubble / pop up letting a user know about illegal characters that can't be used" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30458715/XP-illegal-characters.png -- Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark)

[Bug 318625] Re: Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2009-08-18 Thread John Ward
The fact is " ? " shouldn't be a legal character as it can't be used within Explorer or Command Prompt in Windows (XP anyway). The following characters are illegal in Windows (under XP at least), see the screenshot too: \ / : * ? " < > | -- Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special char

[Bug 334249] Re: Dell Laptop vostro 1310, Internal Keyboard and Touchpad not working anymore on 9.04 jaunty

2009-08-03 Thread John Ward
I can confirm on the Vostro 1510 as well, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic still has his problem. Simply adding "i8042.reset" to my "kopt" section seems to have cured it, no need for the other options. For me it was a little different - rather than 80% of the time it works - 80% of the time it doesn't. I

[Bug 181703] Re: Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R

2009-07-22 Thread John Ward
I have Jaunty on the go at the moment but it's been a while since I've done an Audio CD, so I'll give it a try today and see if I'm back to square one also. -- Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181703 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2009-06-24 Thread John Ward
I would like to point out that I have Ubuntu installed on several different machines (it's a good OS, can't blame me), laptops, PC's etc. and I have wma files from several different sources (not just my ones from years ago) and the same thing happens on all of them - incorrect reading of track numb

[Bug 389733] Re: Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10 alpha 2

2009-06-20 Thread John Ward
I have checked again this morning and I have no problem with creating directories or files in any user folder so I'm marking this invalid. Sorry about the scare! ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10 al

[Bug 389733] Re: Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10 alpha 2

2009-06-20 Thread John Ward
This problem is a result of user error and is not actually a bug. -- Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10 alpha 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389733 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 389733] Re: Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10 alpha 2

2009-06-19 Thread John Ward
I take everything I've said back. I am now able to create folderswith "/home/john/everywhere". I never put two and two together, read on. Previous to this problem I had an unstable session which I rebooted and upon reboot "fsck" kicked in to check the "not properly shutdown" volume /dev/sda5 (/hom

[Bug 389733] Re: Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10

2009-06-19 Thread John Ward
** Summary changed: - Unable to create folders within User folders using any method + Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10 ** Summary changed: - Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10 + Unable to create folders within Us

[Bug 389733] [NEW] Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10 alpha 2

2009-06-19 Thread John Ward
Public bug reported: OS: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" Alpha 2 Kernel: 2.6.30-9-generic Output of "lsb_release -rd": Description:Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release:9.10 Within the user folders (i.e. /home/user/) I am unable using any method to create, copy or move a "folder"

[Bug 389733] Re: Unable to create folders within User folders using any method

2009-06-19 Thread John Ward
** Attachment added: "Screenshot-Music-Properties.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28127923/Screenshot-Music-Properties.png -- Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10 alpha 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389733 You received this bug notification becau

[Bug 389733] Re: Unable to create folders within User folders using any method

2009-06-19 Thread John Ward
** Attachment added: "error-nautilus-copying.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28127907/error-nautilus-copying.png -- Unable to create folders within User folders using any method - Karmic 9.10 alpha 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389733 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 363038] Re: casper USB media fails to boot: USB storage device not detected, drops to (initramfs) prompt

2009-04-18 Thread John Ward
Another workaround for those who don't have the ability / want / time to download the daily ISO build, when the busybox prompt appears wait around 30 seconds to 1 minute and then type exit and press Enter, busybox should exit and the Ubuntu boot process will continue. This problem could come down

[Bug 181703] Re: Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R

2009-04-16 Thread John Ward
In Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty beta this seems to be solved. I burned an Audio CD successfully the other day with only having a slight problem with the track volume normalisation plugin (which I switched off). Jaunty uses Brasero 2.25.92. -- Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R https://bugs.l

[Bug 181703] Re: Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R

2009-03-22 Thread John Ward
I'm using Jaunty 9.04 alpha 6 now and it's using Brasero 2.25.92 (which sounds to me like an unusually big jump) so I'll try it out on my machine at home and see if 2.25.92 has fixed it. -- Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181703 You received this

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2009-02-10 Thread John Ward
A good test would be to add this file to a Jukebox program you use in Windows (if you use still use it) and also to Rhythmbox and see if you see the track number issue. I still haven't tried this in the likes of Amarok or VLC (within Linux) yet and I'll try that later and report back. -- Rhythmbo

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2009-02-10 Thread John Ward
** Attachment added: "01 - One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces.wma" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22441952/01%20-%20One%20Angry%20Dwarf%20And%20200%20Solemn%20Faces.wma -- Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263262 You received this

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2009-02-10 Thread John Ward
What I'll try and do is rip some files using WMP (preferable an oldish one, maybe 9 or 10) and another program. The other thing to point out now (I should have reported this in the bug report but forgot) is that the likes of Winamp and Windows Media Player within Windows have no problems with the

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2009-02-09 Thread John Ward
Thanks Sebastien. -- Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263262 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2009-02-09 Thread John Ward
So as you can see it comes up as track 00 and Track 2 comes up as 01. TRACK 1: One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces of You: johnw...@johnward01:~$ gst-launch-0.10 --tags playbin uri=file:///media/JOHN-DATA/Music/Ben\ Folds/Whatever\ And\ Ever\ Amen/01\ -\ One\ Angry\ Dwarf\ And\ 200\ Solemn\ F

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2009-02-09 Thread John Ward
Sebastien, unfortunately I don't have gst-launch-0.10 and it's not available in the repositories using "sudo apt-get install gst- launch-0.10". Do you know where I can find it or do I have to enable some repositories etc. -- Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files https://bu

[Bug 321550] Re: Terminal Server Client always exits with "An error has occured" and reconnects after 30 seconds

2009-01-26 Thread John Ward
** Attachment added: "Screenshot-Terminal Server Client Error.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21651293/Screenshot-Terminal%20Server%20Client%20Error.png -- Terminal Server Client always exits with "An error has occured" and reconnects after 30 seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3215

[Bug 321550] [NEW] Terminal Server Client always exits with "An error has occured" and reconnects after 30 seconds

2009-01-26 Thread John Ward
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Kernel: 2.6.27-9-generic "tsclient" version: 0.150-1ubuntu3 PROBLEM: When I exit Terminal Server Client [tsclient in terminal] at the end of an RDP session by cliking the [X] in the top right corner I get an error: see attached image. It says: ---

[Bug 46307] Re: .rdp does not have a logo, and does not open Terminal Server Client

2009-01-26 Thread John Ward
Confirmed in Intrepid Ibex 8.10, lets get this fixed. For those who right-click on the RDP file and choose "Open with Other Application", the programme to use is "tsclient" - put that in under "custom command". -- .rdp does not have a logo, and does not open Terminal Server Client https://bugs.l

[Bug 301189] Re: Vuze's updater will not upgrade to 4.0.0.4

2009-01-25 Thread John Ward
Dimitris, You say 4.0.0.2 was in the repositories yet I'm only seeing 3.0.1.0 ubuntu. Do you know what repository 4.0.0.2 is in? I tried doing it as root, "sudo vuze" thinking to myself that as soon as the updater tried to remove or modify files in the system directories, ubuntu would refuse and

Re: [Bug 181703] Re: Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R

2009-01-24 Thread John Ward
No, that P4 is a good workhorse, not the most up to date CPU but still can crunch numbers like hell. That's is an on-going flaw of Brasero - when you add files to the Burn window, it analyses them and takes a long while to do it, unless you do it file by file but thats hardly efficient, like it doe

[Bug 318625] Re: Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2009-01-19 Thread John Ward
Although I don't need to answer, it's true, I have no problem with creating files using Nautilius and putting in illegal characters, so this is a broader problem with the NTFS driver or kernel control over NTFS volumes. -- Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?

[Bug 318625] [NEW] Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes

2009-01-18 Thread John Ward
Public bug reported: Whenever a song name has a special character like a "question mark" (?) in it (for example, "Where is my Mind?" or "Are You In?"), Rhythmbox rips the song to the drive and names the file with the special character, for example: "Where is my Mind?.mp3" or "Are You In?.mp3" On

[Bug 181703] Re: Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R

2009-01-06 Thread John Ward
This seems to be a problem with what type of drive you use. I have a Plextor PX-716A DVD-RW drive and an LG DVDRAM GSA-4167B DVD-RW drive. When I put the disc in the Plextor (which is not working well, but still can read) everything is fine, it doesn't show the disc as a "0 byte" disc but as a "1h

[Bug 285713] Re: "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17

2008-11-28 Thread John Ward
Very quickly I notice SYSLINUX appear before the menu. So it's SYSLINUX obviously. -- "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

Re: [Bug 285713] Re: "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17

2008-11-28 Thread John Ward
I'll test it now and tell you, I do see a quick thing pop up before the menu appears and I'm pretty sure it says it there. 2008/11/28 aurelieng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > @John Ward : did you notice if your key was booting using syslinux or > grub ? > > -- > "

[Bug 285713] Re: "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17

2008-11-28 Thread John Ward
Before I installed Evan's version, I tried "Create a USB startup Disk" once more on two USB drives - a Kingston Data Traveller II [4GB] and an OCZ Rally II [4GB] - Before I started, I ran GParted [To install "sudo apt-get install gparted" - it then should be in System -> Administration as Partitio

[Bug 285713] Re: "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17

2008-11-25 Thread John Ward
I'm surprised that your image transfer took so long, transferring an image to my sticks (OCZ Rally II's) takes about 2 - 3 minutes. Anyway, apart from your unfortunate problems with Evan's version, I'll give it a shot as well and report back. -- "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootab

[Bug 285713] Re: "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17

2008-11-25 Thread John Ward
Possibly I had Backtrack 3 on this stick in the past and it probably installed GRUB. But I'm thinking, shouldn't usb-creator clear out the stick completely (well at least MBR info) and install it's own MBR freshly without keeping conflicting MBR's / other crap on the stick that will cause this prob

[Bug 285713] Re: "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17

2008-11-10 Thread John Ward
So the creation of the startup USB stick actually crashes? Possibly you should re-download the ISO image or use another ISO image from another Linux distribution, if that doesn't crash then there probably a problem with the 8.10 image you downloaded. Thats the quickest thing to try. -- "Create a

[Bug 285713] Re: "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17

2008-11-09 Thread John Ward
A batch of updates around the 31st October included an update for usb- creator which seemed to solve the problem for me. If you've updated your Ubuntu installation up to that date at least (if not up to today) you should have the updated usb-creator and hence I recommend you try making a USB disk a

Re: [Bug 285713] Re: "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17

2008-10-31 Thread John Ward
Personally I think you're right Antoine, this IS a bug and not just a problem created by myself. The operations are simple: STEPS: 1. Insert a USB drive into your computer or laptop. 2. Run "Create a USB startup disk". 3. Select an ISO disc image of an Ubuntu Operating System (for example). 4. Sel

[Bug 285713] [NEW] "Create a USB startup disk" does not create bootable USB sticks - GRUB Error 17

2008-10-18 Thread John Ward
Public bug reported: This is prevalent in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex BETA. PROBLEM: I receive GRUB Error 17 when I create one of these bootable USB sticks and try and boot off it. METHOD: I updated Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex on the 18th October and found in the Administration menu under System a new en

Re: [Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2008-10-02 Thread John Ward
Thanks Sebastien. I'll try it now. 2008/10/2 Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > gst-launch-0.10 --tags playbin uri=file:///directory/example > > -- > Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263262 > You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2008-10-02 Thread John Ward
I will try running gst-launch tonight. Could you give an example of how I would use gst-launch? Thanks. -- Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263262 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2008-09-10 Thread John Ward
I'm still waiting for a reply on my previous comment and I don't want this report to end up closed due to lack of activity. Thanks, John. -- Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263262 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 230111] Re: rhythymbox gets rid of my library every time i open it

2008-09-10 Thread John Ward
When I talk about automatic mounts I mean the system mounting all drives (that you want mounted) without your intervention and usually before you reach the desktop and the lack of need to even click on the volume in the Places menu. When I say manual mount I mean in the context of having to do some

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-09-09 Thread John Ward
I have downloaded and installed "Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Alpha 5" and apart from being a little incomplete here and there (it is an Alpha build after all) I can say confidently that for the last 5 days Ubuntu has been running smoothly without any kernel panics. I have left the machine on its own

[Bug 104929] Re: Marvell 88E8056 crashes Ubuntu Feisty system

2008-09-09 Thread John Ward
I have good news for everyone. I have installed Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Alpha 5 from disc and although a little incomplete it is running completely stably for the last 5 days, overnight sometimes. I have been running my worst enemies during my kernel panic period i.e. Azureus Vuze and Firefox with fla

[Bug 104929] Re: Marvell 88E8056 crashes Ubuntu Feisty system

2008-09-05 Thread John Ward
I shall get Alpha 5. Thanks for the advice and will report back as soon as possible. -- Marvell 88E8056 crashes Ubuntu Feisty system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs m

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2008-09-01 Thread John Ward
More detail please, what tool do you want me to use? id3v doesn't exist. Are you talking about rhythmbox itself? -- Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263262 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2008-08-31 Thread John Ward
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[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2008-08-31 Thread John Ward
** Attachment added: "screenshot-1.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17190272/screenshot-1.png -- Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263262 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 263262] Re: Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2008-08-31 Thread John Ward
** Attachment added: "track-numbers-1.tar.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17186569/track-numbers-1.tar.gz -- Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263262 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 263262] [NEW] Rhythmbox doesn't properly pick up track numbers on wma files

2008-08-31 Thread John Ward
Public bug reported: I am using Rhythmbox 0.11.5 in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy heron and this bug is somewhat similar to Bug # 179664. When wma files are imported into the Rhythmbox music player the track numbers get read incorrectly. For example: Track 1 never gets a track number of 1 beside it - it rece

[Bug 230111] Re: rhythymbox gets rid of my library every time i open it

2008-08-31 Thread John Ward
Is this other partition an NTFS partition because NTFS partitions do not automatically mount on startup of an Ubuntu 8.04 machine and hence your library will be essentially disconnected at every startup. If this is the case what you have to do is click on the "Places" menu on the desktop top bar an

[Bug 104929] Re: Marvell 88E8056 crashes Ubuntu Feisty system

2008-08-28 Thread John Ward
Some of you experiencing this problem might also be interested in bug # 204996. I said earlier in the comments (look under previous "John Ward" comment) that after I moved to the second gigabit adapter on my board (the nVidia CK804) the crashing problems ceased - this is incorrect, I s

[Bug 104929] Re: Marvell 88E8056 crashes Ubuntu Feisty system

2008-08-28 Thread John Ward
Thanks for the advice. So the installation of it in Hardy, to clarify, would be opening a terminal window and typing: sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.27-generic Am I correct in this? -- Marvell 88E8056 crashes Ubuntu Feisty system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104929 You received thi

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-08-26 Thread John Ward
Thanks for the response Sergio, Is there anyway that kernel 2.6.25 can be put into the repositories for usage and testing and then possible release as an update during Hardy's last period? This problem is serious and having the basis for a flexible update system and a large group of people looking

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-08-21 Thread John Ward
I noticed "Fix Released" at the top of this page. What exactly is the fix, and by the looks of things its released for Intrepid and not Hardy. -- Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 147464] Re: Heavy network activity (eg: torrent/nfs file transfers) causes Hard System Locks and/or Network Freezes.

2008-08-20 Thread John Ward
Unfortunately no difference for me, still locking up. I think this bug here is very similar: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/204996 -- Heavy network activity (eg: torrent/nfs file transfers) causes Hard System Locks and/or Network Freezes. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147

[Bug 147464] Re: Heavy network activity (eg: torrent/nfs file transfers) causes Hard System Locks and/or Network Freezes.

2008-08-15 Thread John Ward
Cheers Jchronakis, I think thats what I meant when I said doing "sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy" but of course you can do it through synaptic package manager also. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it now even. -- Heavy network activity (eg: torrent/nfs file transfers) caus

[Bug 147464] Re: Heavy network activity (eg: torrent/nfs file transfers) causes Hard System Locks and/or Network Freezes.

2008-08-15 Thread John Ward
So in other words you did a "sudo apt-get install linux-backports- modules-hardy" or do you mean recompiling? I'd like to try it because now Ubuntu is crashing for any reason at the moment, not just network related - run RhythymBox for a while and do something like press "Next Track" and kernel pan

[Bug 147464] Re: Heavy network activity (eg: torrent/nfs file transfers) causes Hard System Locks and/or Network Freezes.

2008-06-26 Thread John Ward
I want to back up what "BongoMan" said above, in relation to the Marvell Yukon 88E8001 causing problems. Ever since I started using Ubuntu (I started at Gutsy Gibbon 7.10, currently on Hardy) I have had kernel panics (a complete system lockup / crash / freeze and blinking Caps lock and Scroll lock

[Bug 104929] Re: Marvell 88E8056 crashes Ubuntu Feisty system

2008-06-26 Thread John Ward
I'd like to back up that last comment about the exact same symptoms with the Marvell 88E8001 which has caused me constant kernel panics while using Firefox and torrent. I've had the problems through Gutsy and Hardy and am lucky enough to have two Gigabit adapters on my Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboa